Knowledge sharing of health technology for students in universities of technology

• Authors: Chin-Mou Cheng;Li-Jung Chen;Chi-Kao Chang
• Venue: ACOS'07 Proceedings of the 6th Conference on WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science - Volume 6
• Year: 2007

Knowledge sharing of technology innovation is the main developmental force in the 21st century knowledge-based economy. This study aims to research the factors of students' knowledge sharing of health technology in universities of technology, validating a scale to measure the current situation for students' knowledge sharing of health technology and to test some models of constructing students' knowledge sharing of health technology. To achieve this goal, the following methods were adopted: literature review, Delphi survey, professional interview and sampling questionnaire survey (2,451 students from 14 technology universities in Taiwan) to examine the students' knowledge sharing of health technology. The results showed that the students' knowledge sharing of health technology consisted of behavior norm, sharing attitude, sharing intention, sharing behavior and sharing control in terms of the theory of planning behavior (TPB). The models of students' knowledge sharing of health technology were tested with good fit through structural equation modeling (SEM). Since the path correlation of model was based on TPB, the following hypotheses concerning the students' knowledge sharing behavior were supported: sharing attitude toward sharing intention, behavioral norm toward sharing intention, behavioral control toward sharing intention, sharing intention toward sharing behavior, and behavioral control toward sharing behavior, which all had positive effects. Finally, conclusions and suggestions were proposed for all forms of teaching, such as embedded teaching in health technological literacy, the methods of research and statistics, the policy of promoting students to the holistic health, and further researches including a bridge building between the universities of technology and industries for teachers and practitioners, then constructing a significant wireless connectivity of knowledge sharing with hardware and software of mobile learning in health technology should be considered.